Fast-5 Diet and Lifestyle: Re: [fast5] Re: Working Out

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Re: [fast5] Re: Working Out

You're probably right about my blood glucose. I was only borderline diabetic to begin with, then I immediately cut out soda and fruit juice completely, and candy, cakes and cookies are out too. I still eat carbs, but only good ones. Every now and then I have a cookie or a sweet, but I just feel awful after having something like that, so I don't miss it at all now. That, with the metformin is a pretty abrupt change all at once to my system. I am under a dr's care. He was happy that I'd lost weight since my last visit, but I didn't go into any details about my Fast5 program. My dr didn't set me up on any kind of glucose monitoring system, but I guess there's no reason why I can't get one on my own at Walgreen's or wherever.

I have been working out since I started, I can do an hour on the exercise bike and do some weightlifting on my own with no problems like I had today. I think I'll just forget about a personal training program and just go solo. I've been happy with my results over the past couple of months, I felt so good lately I just thought it was time to graduate to the next level as far as my exercise goes.

Thanks to everyone for your advice.

Eric

--- On Thu, 3/18/10, thentor <bherring@fast-5.com> wrote:

From: thentor <bherring@fast-5.com>
Subject: [fast5] Re: Working Out
To: fast5@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, March 18, 2010, 1:51 PM

I'm glad you are ok and didn't come to any harm. Over the past two months your blood glucose levels have probably been dropping. Have you checked with a glucometer?

If not, and you have a glucometer, you may want to check in the morning so you can tell your doctor what it's running with the metformin dose you're on.

You may not need the metformin any more, and the combination of metformin + Fast-5 + exercise was possibly enough to lower your blood glucose too far -- a state of hypoglycemia. Nausea and fainting aren't the most common symptoms of hypoglycemia, but I wouldn't rule it out. Metformin interferes with your liver's ability to release glucose for your body. If you have had any recent illness, that could also be a contributing factor.

From your experience, you can see why Fast-5 is not recommended for those with diabetes or any other chronic illness without a doctor's supervision. It's the "first, do no harm" approach, and there are things that go wrong.

Please let us know what you find out regarding your blood glucose level and what you (with your doctor's advice) plan to do.

Best wishes,

Bert

Bert Herring
Fast-5 Corporation

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--- In fast5@yahoogroups. com, "Eric Fast5" <nyerbeezwax@ ...> wrote:
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> Hello All,
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> I've been really happy with how I've been doing with Fast5, I'm down 14 lbs from two months ago. My eating window is the classic 5-10 pm. I feel so good I've been going to the gym quite more often lately. This morning I decided to go in for my complimentery personal training session. We got about 10 minutes into the workout then I felt nauseous and then fainted. I came to right away but I felt so awful I wanted to faint again. The trainer got me a bottle of gatorade and I felt much better after a few minutes. His first question was if I had breakfast which of course I didn't. I really don't want to change my 5 hr window to the morning before a workout, but if I workout in the evening before bed I'll be so restless I won't sleep. I'm sure once I start thinking more clearly I'll find a solution. Just wonder how you all deal with it.
> I am under a doctors care. I am barely diabetic, just at the bottom of the range and I take metformin twice a day. I'll bet if I continue to lose weight like I am I'll be off it in no time. Thanks.
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> Eric
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